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sough

verb

ˈsau̇

Definition of sough

as in to sigh

to take in and let out a deep audible breath or to make a similar sound all night long the patient was soughing in her sleep

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Recent Examples of sough The company joins others in the restaurant industry that have fallen on rough times and sough bankruptcy protection, including Razzoo’s and Bar Louie. — Brian Womack, Dallas Morning News, 27 Jan. 2026 Although the foundations of rooms remained, like lines of an architectural drawing expressed by pebbles laid end to end, only the chimney still loomed against that hill of dead leaves and leafless trees, while traffic soughed indifferently below. — William T. Vollmann, Harper's Magazine, 24 June 2024

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Otherwise, Bridge — and any forthcoming program of the sort — risks becoming less a pathway to better care than another obstacle along the way, and another reason for physicians and patients alike to sigh.

— Jeffrey Millstein, STAT, 11 Aug. 2026
But Taylor eventually sighed and launched into an answer on his own.

— Vann R. Newkirk II, The Atlantic, 28 July 2026

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Domes Resorts began in the mid-2000s and has since breathed life into properties throughout Greece and the Mediterranean.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 20 Aug. 2026
Straight from Sean Payton and every other living, breathing human being who’s attended Broncos training camp, Bryant has been THE star.

— Jess Bryant, New York Times, 20 Aug. 2026

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